NY Principal Mark Federman Asks Parents to “Reflect” on Their “Whiteness”
Charlie Kirk reports:
Mark Federman from East Side Community High School passed out literature to parents asking them to “reflect” on their “whiteness”.
One part of the literature shows a chart labeled “The 8 White Identities,” which ranges from “White Supremacist’’ to “White Abolitionist.”
The curriculum, written by Barnor Hesse, an associate professor of African American studies at Northwestern University in Illinois, claims, “There is a regime of whiteness, and there are action-oriented white identities.
“People who identify with whiteness are one of these,’’ Hesse writes above the eight-point list.
“It’s about time we build an ethnography of whiteness, since white people have been the ones writing about and governing Others,’’ Hesse adds.
In between the two extreme “identities” of supremacist and abolitionist are such categories as “White Voyeurism’’ — defined as “wouldn’t challenge a white supremacist, desires non-whiteness because it’s interesting’’ — and “White Privilege,’’ or “sympathetic to a set of issues but only privately; won’t speak/act in solidarity publicly because benefitting through whiteness in public (some POC are in this category as well).”
“The 8 White Identities” according to Barnor Hesse are listed below.
These documents were passed out as part of an ongoing anti-racist work in the school community. It used to be that putting people into categories strictly based on the color of their skin was the definition of racism.
As Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Coca-Cola accused of telling employees to ‘be LESS WHITE’ in training course by critical race theory peddler DiAngelo
RT reports:
Coca-Cola is facing a major backlash for allegedly joining a series of American corporations that indoctrinate their white employees with critical race theory – including demands that they “try to be less white.”
Organizational psychologist Karlyn Borysenko, an activist against so-called critical race theory indoctrination, said on Friday that she obtained copies of the training materials from a whistleblower at Coca-Cola who received an email from management announcing the course. The class is administered online, through the LinkedIn Learning platform, and is entitled “Confronting Racism, with Robin DiAngelo,” a top proponent of critical race theory who offers high-dollar corporate seminars on “whiteness, white fragility” and “racial justice.” She is known to charge up to $40,000 for a half-day talk.
A spokesperson from Coca-Cola responded to the images later on Friday, all but confirming they were from a company-endorsed seminar to Blaze journalist Chris Pandolfo, though said it was not the main “focus” of its educational program.
“The video circulating on social media is from a publicly available LinkedIn Learning series and is not a focus of our company’s curriculum,” the spokesperson said, but added that the course is “part of a learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace.”
The heading for the course indicates that it will cover “understanding what it means to be white,” and “challenging what it means to be racist.” Students are told that “to be less white is to: be less oppressive; be less arrogant; be less certain; be less defensive; be less ignorant; be more humble; listen; believe; break with apathy;” and “break with white solidarity.”
It stands to reason that white people inherently have all those undesirable traits, such as being oppressive, arrogant and defensive. The underlying point of the mandatory training is made all by itself on another slide: “Try to be less white.”
“Your job at Coca-Cola should not depend on whether or not you buy into the idea of being less white,” Borysenko said. “It should depend on whether or not you can go in and do your job.”
The anti-racism training course also includes a slide advising that “one-time workshops on racism are not enough.” Employees are told to take such steps as creating “monthly affinity groups, cross-racial discussions, ongoing professional development, and revamped interview questions.”
Borysenko said that advice is all about keeping the money flowing to so-called “diversity trainers” like DiAngelo.
Conservative author and Blexit founder Candace Owens pointed out that if the course endeavored to teach employees how to “be less black, the world would implode and lawsuits would follow. I genuinely hope these employees sue Coca-Cola for blatant racism and discrimination.”
Netizens roasted the company over the leaked images, some even calling on the Department of Justice to investigate how Coca-Cola allegedly “discriminated against” its employees, while one self-avowed business owner said she’d remove a company vending machine from her establishment. The controversy also prompted Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former president, to weigh in.
Some users pushed back and hailed Coca-Cola for its efforts, suggesting “only bigots are mad” about the training course. While one commenter suggested the seminar should have focused on “whiteness” itself rather than how employees must be “less white,” he nonetheless added “good on Coca-Cola for doing this work.”
One of the leading peddlers of the critical race doctrine, DiAngelo is perhaps best known for her book ‘White Fragility’, which impugns white people for becoming angry, defensive or hostile when “confronted with the idea that they are complicit in systemic racism.” Former President Donald Trump last September banned federal agencies from subjecting their employees to training based on critical race theory after finding that it was “divisive, anti-American propaganda.” President Joe Biden rescinded that ban last month, on his first day in office.
Coca-Cola previously produced an ‘Allyship Guidebook’ for employees amid last summer’s wave of US race riots. Borysenko believes the latest racial wokeness effort by the company won’t be helpful to employees of any skin color. “You are not creating a healthier work environment,” she said. “You’re doing nothing but creating more division and teaching… a large portion of your staff to hate themselves.”
Antifa Could Be Branded as Domestic Terrorists Under Bill Being Discussed in Montana
The Epoch Times reports:
Lawmakers in Montana are in discussions regarding a bill that would classify the anarcho-communist group Antifa as a domestic terror organization.
Antifa networks and ideologically affiliated groups have conducted violent street protests and riots in a number of cities over the past several years, including in Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Olympia, and elsewhere.
Montana state Rep. Braxton Mitchell, a Republican representing Columbia Falls, told the Montana House Judiciary Committee during a Tuesday hearing that the bill is being considered.
The move would “send a message that we as a state won’t tolerate a group like this coming into our state,” he said, reported The Associated Press.
Opponents of the measure said that such a bill should be opposed if it does not also classify other groups accused of violent acts, including groups that partook in the U.S. Capitol breach in January.
The Epoch Times has reached out to Mitchell’s office for comment.
Some officials, including FBI Director Chris Wray, have said that Antifa is more of an ideology rather than a group. He described Antifa as a decentralized movement.
However, independent journalist Andy Ngo—who has been chronicling Antifa and other black bloc-style groups—told The Epoch Times it is “more than an idea” and is “also a movement” that appears to be organized.
Antifa is short for “anti-fascist,” but Ngo noted that “fascist” doesn’t necessarily refer to the Nazis or white supremacists, adding that the group often calls people fascists that are “in opposition to the far-left political agenda.” The United States itself, according to Ngo, is defined as “fascist” by most Antifa adherents, Ngo added.
And black bloc attacks in Portland appeared to be indiscriminate and didn’t target alleged white supremacists, Ngo added.
“What I was witnessing on the ground in my home city—Portland, the epicenter of American Antifa—that they were carrying out indiscriminate acts of violence, not just against property but against people. And they kept continuing to escalate and escalate,” he told NTD.
The ultimate agenda of Antifa is to abolish nation-states all around the world and to create anarchist, communist communes, Ngo remarked.
“They believe that they can actually organize society without a government,” he said, adding that adherents often believe that nobody should own private property.
Elaborating further, Ngo dispelled the idea that far-left groups would stop rioting and demonstrating after President Joe Biden took office.
“They rioted in Portland, for example, on the fourth of November. There’s been around a dozen riots in Portland and Seattle since then,” he said. “On the day that Biden was inaugurated, importantly, they actually destroyed the headquarters of the Oregon Democratic Party. And in Seattle there were some riots as well.”
WATCH: Mike Lindell’s voting fraud documentary ‘ABSOLUTE PROOF’
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell releases a 3-hour long movie laying out “evidence” of fraud in the 2020 US presidential election.
Business Insider reports:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appeared on the Christian YouTube channel The Revival Channel to announce that he’s releasing a three-hour film Friday in support of his claims of issues in the 2020 election.
“Absolute Proof” was made, he said, over a five-day period “holed up with people guarding me.”
Lindell, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, said the documentary proved “100%, the theft by China and these different international locations, this cyberattack on our nation right here, that took, that flipped votes.”
Lindell said his film would prove there was “a communist coup.”
“We prayed over every word that was in this piece,” he told The Revival Channel’s host. “The last four days, 12 people, three hours of sleep a night, A lot of stuff was done in one take because the Holy Spirit was just speaking it out.”
Lindell is among several Trump surrogates and supporters who were threatened with litigation by Dominion Voting Systems after repeatedly making baseless claims about election fraud involving its machines.
Lindell appeared on the conservative cable channel Newsmax early this week, ostensibly to talk about “cancel culture” but instead reviving his claims of election interference. The anchor Bob Sellers grew visibly irritated when Lindell instead began rattling off his Dominion Voting Systems election-fraud claims and cut in to remind viewers that Lindell’s claims were unsubstantiated. Sellers then appeared to walk off set in frustration.
Newsweek reports:
Lindell describes the film as “the most important documentary ever,” saying: “I think God has been waiting to make this movie… That miracle is coming, and coming, and I’m telling you, Friday is the beginning. “
“Everyone needs to share it with everyone you know, because anyone that sees it, even if it’s nine Supreme Court justices, everyone will say ‘Wow, this is an attack on our country,'” Lindell explained.
“Once you guys see what I’ve seen you’re gonna be so excited,” he said.
Lindell claimed the movie would run on cable TV on Friday, and be available online. He said OAN may “run it in a loop” on their cable channel, adding: “It’s gonna be everywhere.”
The Epoch Times reports:
YouTube and Vimeo have removed from their platforms a video from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell that alleged election fraud during the Nov. 3, 2020, election.
The two video-hosting platforms took down copies of the video, called “Absolute Proof,” and Facebook placed labels on posts made by Lindell, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump.
“Per our presidential election integrity policy, we remove content uploaded after the safe-harbor deadline” that includes claims that “fraud, errors or glitches changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election,” YouTube spokesperson Alex Joseph told The Washington Times and other news outlets on Feb. 6. “We removed this video and its reuploads in accordance with this policy.”
In early December, the Google-owned platform announced that it would remove content about election fraud after the Dec. 8, 2020, “safe harbor” deadline regarding states’ Electoral College votes.
Vimeo also told the paper that Lindell’s video was removed “for violating Vimeo’s policies on posting content that claims that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent or stolen or otherwise illegitimate.”
Lindell’s personal website currently showcases the video, which is being hosted by StreamHoster.
“Watch this video and stay focused,” Lindell told the Washington Times in an email. Lindell didn’t immediately respond to a request by The Epoch Times for comment.
He also paid for hours-long advertising spots on cable channel One America News Network (OAN), according to the company. The network featured a disclaimer before airing Lindell’s film.
“Mr. Lindell is the sole author and executive producer of this program and is solely and exclusively responsible for its content,” the narrator says. “This program is not the product of OAN’s reporting.”
The disclaimer adds, “Further, the statements and claims expressed in this program are presented at this time as opinions only and are not intended to be taken or interpreted by the viewer as established facts.”
Previously, Twitter suspended the MyPillow account about a week after suspending Lindell’s account. Twitter said that it suspended his company account for alleged violations of the company’s ban-evasion policy.
“I can’t believe they’re doing this to my company,” Lindell said in an interview with USA Today last week. “They’re out to destroy me.”
“Thank you to everyone who has supported MyPillow during this time. … Jack Dorsey is trying to cancel me (Mike Lindell) out!” he previously wrote. “We are extremely busy and hiring as fast as we can to handle all the shipping! Jack will be found out and should be put in prison when all is revealed!”
Kohl’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, and J.C. Penney have confirmed that they’ll discontinue selling MyPillow products; Lindell suggested the retailers are engaging in a politically motivated cancel campaign.
Talk Radio Legend Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70
Conservative radio legend Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 following a battle with advanced lung cancer, his wife Kathryn Limbaugh announced at the beginning of his Wednesday radio program.
“It is with profound sadness I must share with you directly that our beloved Rush, my wonderful husband, passed away this morning due to complications from lung cancer,” Kathryn announced.
“Rush will forever be the greatest of all time, she added.
Limbaugh, host of The Rush Limbaugh Show for 32 years, had been battling Stage 4 lung cancer since January 2020. Just days after announcing his diagnosis, Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump during the State of the Union on February 4, 2020 “Rush Limbaugh: Thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country,” Trump told the radio host during the address.
Limbaugh periodically updated his audience on his health condition, telling listeners during his final radio broadcast of 2020 that he outlived his prognosis and thanked them for their outpour of support.
“I wasn’t expected to be alive today,” Limbaugh said. “I wasn’t expected to make it to October, and then to November, and then to December. And yet, here I am, and today, got some problems, but I’m feeling pretty good today.”
Praise for Limbaugh from conservative lawmakers and media figures poured in moments after Limbaugh’s passing.
Film Depicting CS Lewis’ Journey From Atheism to Christianity to Release This Year
The Christian Post reports:
A new film depicting The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe author C.S. Lewis’ incredible journey from atheism to Christianity is set to release later this year.
Directed by Lewis expert Norman Stone, the drama is titled “The Most Reluctant Convert” and is adapted from the one-man stage play starring Max McLean, according to The Guardian.
Lewis, who is widely recognized as one of the most influential Christian authors of the 20th century, will be portrayed in three stages of life, wandering through his own memories as an older man. It will follow the childhood loss of his mother to cancer, his horrific experience in the trenches of World War I, and the death of his wife.
Nicholas Ralph portrays Lewis in his 20s and Tom Glenister appears as his friend and fellow author, JRR Tolkien. The film was shot in and around Oxford, where Lewis was a tutor in English literature; at his college, Magdalen, and his home, The Kilns, where he wrote his Narnia books.
Stone, who previously won a BAFTA Award for directing “Shadowlands,” a drama about the life and love of the Mere Christianity author, said he believes it’s the perfect time to bring Lewis’ story to the big screen.
“Lewis looked truth in the eye, no matter what effect that would have,” he told The Guardian. “That comes across in his writing and it’s one of the key things that made him popular. At certain times, society says ‘think a little deeper.’ When you get something like Covid-19, then we should be thinking a bit more about things, and I think that’s happening.”
Though Lewis, who died in 1963, is known as a great Christian thinker, Stone said his work appeals to everyone, noting that one Narnia fan site alone has 6 million followers: “He’s sold more books this year than last year. I think it’s something to do with everything else that’s going on in the world.”
McLean said Lewis went from “vigorous debunker of religion to the most respected Christian writer apologist of the 20th century” and that the questions he explored are complex.
“But the words that we use are Lewis.’ We have the rights. That helps because we’re not as smart as he is. One of the great things about playing this role is it’s fun to be this smart for 90 minutes, to be able to say these words, and really embody them.”
The film’s producers told the outlet they hope to release “The Most Reluctant Convert” later this year.
Over the years, Lewis’ fiction writings have been turned into numerous family-friendly film and TV projects.
Previous film adaptations of Lewis’ books include a 1988 BBC version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and three movies produced by Sony Pictures: “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (2005), “Prince Caspian” (2008), and “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (2010), grossing more than $1.5 billion worldwide.
Citi Can’t Get Back $500 Million It Accidentally Wired To Revlon Lenders, Federal Judge Rules (Forbes)
Forbes reports:
Citigroup has lost out on an attempt to retrieve the more than $500 million it mistakenly wired last year to a group of companies that loaned money to embattled cosmetics firm Revlon, marking what could be the end of a lengthy saga sparked by a massively costly mishap from one of the nation’s largest banks.
Key Facts
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled in favor of ten investment advisory firms that collectively received more than $500 million in mistaken wire transfers from Citi on August 11, according to a Tuesday district court filing.
Though the law generally requires money mistakenly wired to be returned to its sender, Furman in his ruling cited an exception in New York that allows recipients to keep funds if they discharge a valid debt and if the recipient is not aware of the mistake upon its receipt of the funds.
Because the payment was applied to existing loans, and the lenders did not make any misrepresentations to induce the accidental repayment, Furman said the wire transfers were “final and complete transactions” and not subject to revocation.
The decision follows what Furman called “one of the biggest blunders in banking history”: a full loan repayment of $893 million that Citibank mistakenly wired when it simply intended to pay approximately $7.8 million in interest (some lenders returned part of the overpayment).
In an emailed statement to Forbes, Citigroup said it “strongly disagrees” with the court’s decision and intends to appeal the ruling.
Shares of Citigroup are edging up 0.7% Tuesday, pushing the stock’s one-year gain to about 6.5%.
Key Background
The blunder in August added fuel to regulatory scrutiny facing Citigroup over its internal record-keeping practices, and in October the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency fined the bank $400 million for deficiencies in risk management, data governance and internal controls. After the bank’s accidental repayment at the hands of an unidentified Citi employee, a slew of lawsuits against receiving lenders helped Citi recoup about $400 million from the accidental repayment.
Crucial Quote
“It appears that no mistake of the size or nature of Citibank’s had ever happened before . . . [and] faced with these circumstances, the non-returning lenders believed, and were justified in believing, that the payments were intentional,” Furman ruled on Friday. “Indeed, to believe otherwise—to believe that Citibank, one of the most sophisticated financial institutions in the world, had made a mistake that had never happened before, to the tune of nearly $1 billion—would have been borderline irrational.”
Chief Critic
“We strongly disagree with this decision and intend to appeal,” a Citi spokesperson said Tuesday. “We believe we are entitled to the funds and will continue to pursue a complete recovery of them.”
